sheepsheep /ʃip/ ●●● S2 noun (plural sheep) [countable] 1
a farm animal that eats grass and is kept for its wool and its meat: a sheep rancha flock/herd of sheep (=a group of sheep)2like sheep if people behave like sheep, they do not think about what to do for themselves, but follow what everyone else does or thinks: Tour guides led them around like sheep. [Origin: Old English sceap] → see also black sheep, count sheep at count1 (13), lamb1, mutton, a wolf in sheep’s clothing at wolf1 (2)
a farm animal that eats grass and is kept for its wool and its meat: a sheep rancha flock/herd of sheep (=a group of sheep)2like sheep if people behave like sheep, they do not think about what to do for themselves, but follow what everyone else does or thinks: Tour guides led them around like sheep. [Origin: Old English sceap] → see also black sheep, count sheep at count1 (13), lamb1, mutton, a wolf in sheep’s clothing at wolf1 (2)